Q: Is 46,159,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,159,008 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 46,159,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 112 149 168 224 298 336 447 461 596 672 894 922 1,043 1,192 1,383 1,788 1,844 2,086 2,384 2,766 3,129 3,227 3,576 3,688 4,172 4,768 5,532 6,258 6,454 7,152 7,376 8,344 9,681 11,064 12,516 12,908 14,304 14,752 16,688 19,362 22,128 25,032 25,816 33,376 38,724 44,256 50,064 51,632 68,689 77,448 100,128 103,264 137,378 154,896 206,067 274,756 309,792 412,134 480,823 549,512 824,268 961,646 1,099,024 1,442,469 1,648,536 1,923,292 2,198,048 2,884,938 3,297,072 3,846,584 5,769,876 6,594,144 7,693,168 11,539,752 15,386,336 23,079,504 and 46,159,008, with no remainder.

Since 46,159,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,159,008, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).